The UFC recently announced that the fifth FOX fight card would be taking place on December 8th and it has been announced the venue of the fight card.
#Breaking:@ufconfox 5 will take place at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA on December 8th.— UFC Tonight (@UFCTonight) August 22, 2012
This will be the second time that the UFC will be coming to the KeyArena in Seattle, with the first time being in March of 2011 for a UFC Fight Night card. The fight card was headlined by Phil Davis taking on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and the drew over 13,000 fans.
It was recently announced that the fight card would be headlined by a title fight as Benson Henderson defends the UFC lightweight title against Nate Diaz. Also on the main card will be a light heavyweight bout as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua takes on Alexander Gustafsson and Rory MacDonald takes on former champion B.J. Penn in a welterweight bout.
The UFC has not announced what the fourth fight on the main card will be at this time and that should be announced in the next couple of weeks. The main card on FOX will begin at 8 p.m. ET and the preliminary card will be shown on FUEL TV at 5 p.m. ET.
Stay tuned to TheMMAReport.com for updates on this upcoming UFC card.